A guy recalls his mom dressing him as Michael Jackson at age six or seven with eye black, dyed hair, a red jacket, and glove. He jokes it was "original blackface" and mentions now having Black children himself.
Rylee Meek
October 19, 2025
"Probably around six or seven."
My mother dressed.
Me up as Michael Jackson. She was a big fan.
And I. There's a picture of.
This floating around somewhere.
Where?
Chase.
Fun. This? Yeah. I had the. I had the red jacket. I had the glove. I remember she dyed.
My hair black, and it was just, like, combed back.
But she used.
The black that we use. I was playing Little League at the time. I mean, you start when you're, like, five playing T ball. So I was probably around six or seven.
But the eye.
Black for under my eyes, and she rubbed all over my face to make my face black, so.
Bro, Michael was never even that black. Never. But that was all we had. We weren't poor, but, you know, we weren't going to the store to get brown. You were the original blackface. Yeah, I am. I am. And look at that. You know, my mother being prophetic as being Christian, and now I have black children, so. Yes. Right. I'm not gonna say anything about your mother anymore. No, no, please don't. Please don't.
